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Guidance for Your First Overseas Bodyguard Assignment

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Going on your first overseas bodyguard assignment, everyone asks themselves “How well will I do?”  The following will assist advance team and protective team members to gain an edge when going on a foreign assignment for the first time.

The serious bodyguard studies his or her area of operation (AO)  like other people read fiction novels or Hollywood gossip magazines. Obviously, the internet is the most immediate method of finding out about your overseas bodyguard AO. Don’t take the easy road and read only the glossy travel sections, tourist news or politically sanitized data about the country.

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Executive Protection Motorcades – Biggest Cause of Client Risk

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Vehicle-based incidents are one of the biggest risks to our clients during bodyguard and executive protection assignments. There are reckless and hazardous civilian drivers out there as well as undisciplined pedestrians crossing the roads illegally that cause the majority of accidents. 

The security drivers we utilize during road movements for our clients must be top notch to detect and avoid potentially dangerous situations while delivering them to their destinations safely. The most important rule for our security drivers, without fail, is the need to maintain awareness every day. Their knowledge, preparation and route planning should be brought to bear each day as well.

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Kick Your Bodyguard Education Up A Notch

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By Doc Rogers

Professional bodyguards today should kick up their training a notch so they can continue to remain competitive and to represent excellent value for their money.

Yes, it takes money, to make money in the bodyguard business but the training you receive is your foundation. Look at the big picture, you should spend now and reap the benefits later. Think of your training as a continual process, set up a continuing bodyguard education program for yourself.

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THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF EXECUTIVE PROTECTION

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By Doc Rogers

I am positive that if you follow the 10 commandments of executive protection they will have a profound impact on your career and positively contribute to a safe environment for your clients

10) Thou Shall Do the Job without Fail:

You should never fail in carrying out your executive protection activities, while keeping the trust and confidence the client has placed in you and your bodyguard abilities. Consistently produce positive results through thick and thin.

9) Thou Shall Never Allow Anger to Override Professional Judgment:

In the bodyguard business we should avoid open hostilities even when sleep deprived and under physical and mental stress from the job. Be tolerant with people you come into professional contact with. This does not include people who pose a threat to your client, of course, but should include hotel managers, event management personnel and restaurant managers, etc. Maintain your focus on the task at hand and try not to become angered. Keep a sense of diplomacy when dealing with problems. Using calm diplomacy is the best way for dispute resolution rather than anger or confrontation.  This will assist you in your ability to grow more cohesive with your operational environment and make things run smoother on the job and may also avoid bad media attention for your client.

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Executive Protection – Third World Urban Environments

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By Doc Rogers

With increased incidents of terrorism, hostage taking, and kidnapping, the protection of corporate executives is of extreme importance. The major focus of executive protection (EP) is keeping your clients safe to ensure “nothing happens.”

On international EP assignment especially in Third World urban environment the risk of hostage takings, hijackings, sabotages, armed assaults and bombings increase. How can EP agents prevent terrorism acts occurring within the proximity when they are elusive, surprising and violent acts?

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EP A Money Making Career?

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By Doc Rogers

Being a contract executive protection (EP) agent and working for yourself on contracts is tougher than it looks. Most people only see the end product of protective coverage being provided to the principle. They don’t see the hours of advance work, the sometimes stressful situations and the demanding schedules that EP agents go through.

They don’t know about the months of living out of a suitcase, being on the road all the time and eating dull hotel food on a regular basis.

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